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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has become the world’s first producer to achieve certification against the Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Tropical Marine Finfish (TMFF) Standard for its ocean-based farm in Central Vietnam.

4th March 2021

Sustainable label for Australis barramundi

4th March 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Thai Union has partnered with conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on a commitment to full transparency in its global tuna supply chains to help combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing.

4th March 2021

Thai Union commits to onboard monitoring

4th March 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As Iceland’s capelin season approaches its end for this year, the high-value roe-bearing capelin are in the spotlight.

3rd March 2021

Roe capelin on the way

3rd March 2021

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Furuno has introduced a new high-performance echo sounder incorporating newly-patented species identification technology.

3rd March 2021

Sounder offers species identification

3rd March 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Spanish tuna fleet is ‘perplexed’ that the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission intends to assign yellowfin tuna quotes to fleets that use driftnets despite their high bycatch of threatened species.

3rd March 2021

OPAGAC: IOTC should enforce driftnet ban

3rd March 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Sea Harvest Group has proved resilient despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, growing revenue in 2020 by 10% to R4.4bn and headline earnings by 3% to R421m.

3rd March 2021

Sea Harvest Group weathers Covid storm

3rd March 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Aucxis believes its cloud-based digital trading platform can help relieve the UK fishing industry of the significant burden of additional export paperwork now needed following Brexit.

1st March 2021

Digital solution helps with export paperwork

1st March 2021

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Peruza’s latest automated food packaging solution is said to reduce product giveaway whilst adapting to a range of different products, all with varying final weight requirements.

26th February 2021

Reduce waste with robotic packing solution

26th February 2021

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Baader and Skaginn 3X have announced that the acquisition of a majority share of Skaginn 3X by Baader has been concluded.

25th February 2021

Baader and Skaginn 3X conclude merger

25th February 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Together with project partners, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced the Integrated Operations and Real-Time Analytics Project.

25th February 2021

Cluster announces egg to harvest control

25th February 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, part of the Cadman Capital Group’s Aquaculture portfolio, has witnessed the successful hatching of its first European clawed lobsters for 2021, almost three months earlier than expected.

25th February 2021

Orkney Hatchery sees first lobster hatchings

25th February 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Government of Canada has committed to transitioning from open-net pen aquaculture in British Columbia by 2025.

25th February 2021

Ceasing open-net pen aquaculture in BC

25th February 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification programme and traceability companies Wholechain and Legit Fish are developing real-time digital solutions to strengthen BAP’s visibility into producer supply chains.

25th February 2021

Collaborating on Real-Time Data Sharing

25th February 2021

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

The latest new vessel in Nueva Pescanova’s fleet renewal programme for its subsidiaries in Africa is on the way to its home port of Beira in Mozambique.

24th February 2021

New shrimp freezer trawler for Pescamar

24th February 2021

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

When Sæplast began producing polyethylene containers a couple of decades ago, the possibility of them being recyclable at the end of their working lifetime was one of the options the company examined.

24th February 2021

Closing the recycling loop

24th February 2021

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

When Russian trawler LLV Kaprodon was docked in Norway for a refit, the news that a vital spare part could take four months to obtain took the owners instead to Marine Shaft…

24th February 2021

Time-saving repair job for Russian trawler

24th February 2021

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Organic pacific oyster producer, Angel Seafood, has reported a net profit of AUS$719,000 for the six months to 31 December after shifting its focus from restaurants to retail amid Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns.

24th February 2021

Booming oyster sales help Angel spread wings

24th February 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission has welcomed the news that the Redleg Banana Prawn sub-fishery in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf will close from April to mid-June each year to ensure…

24th February 2021

AFMA welcomes prawn fishery closure

24th February 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The European Commission has formally warned the Republic of Cameroon that it must do more to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) or face being denied future access to EU markets.

23rd February 2021

EU warns Cameroon over illegal fishing

23rd February 2021

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Authorities in the United States are reassuring consumers that food and food packaging is not a likely source of Covid-19 infection.

22nd February 2021

Covid-19: food and packaging is safe

22nd February 2021